University of Southern Maine

The 12-credit post-baccalaureate Certificate of Graduate Study in Culturally Responsive Practices includes courses from academic programs across the University. The certificate is designed to allow students the opportunity to focus a four course sequence on gaining deeper understandings of the intersections between cultural diversity and liberatory pedagogies. The certificate is intended for those already working in schools or in other human services institutions such as:

• Teachers
• Educational Technicians
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Occupational Therapists
• Leaders in education
• Matriculated and non-matriculated graduate students

Program of Study
Students are required to select at least one CEHD course from the list below to ground their understandings in pedagogical practices.

Courses included in the 12-credit certificate program:

College of Education & Human Development

• EDU 559: Aspects of Reading for Multilingual Learners
• EDU 562: Linguistics and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
• EDU 610: Professional Teacher in a Democratic Society
• HCE 507: Spirituality and Religion in Counseling
• HCE 612: Multicultural Counseling: Family & Disability Issues
• HRD 545: Gender and Education
• HRD 643: Multicultural Adult Development
• HRD 646: Global Perspectives in Adult Education & Practices
• HRD 664: Culture, Tradition, and Diversity
• HRD 699: Independent Study (for matriculated CEHD degree students only)
• SED 540:Nature and Needs of Learners Who are Exceptional

American and New England Studies

• ANE 638: Reading the Cultural Landscape
• ANE 641: Environment and Culture

Leadership and Organizational Studies

• LOS 650: Cultural Contexts
• LOS 661: Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Leadership
• LOS 670: Leadership Study Abroad (6 credits)
  

Muskie School of Public Service

• CPD 602: SustainableCommunities
• PPM 624: Gender, Race, Politics, and Public Policy

Occupational Therapy

• OTH 507: Social Issues and Ethics
• OTH 503: Communications for Health Professionals

Social Work

• SWO 501: Multicultural Social Work
• SWO 502: Critical Thinking About Human Behavior I

For more information contact:

Linda Evans, Director,
Multicultural Education Programs,
University of Southern Maine,
62 School Street, Gorham, Maine
(207) 780-5564
evans@usm.maine.edu

Robert Atkinson, Ph.D.
Professor, CEHD Human Resource Department
(207) 780-5078
atkinson@usm.maine.edu

Kim Warren
Coordinator, Student Affairs, CEHD
(207) 780-5902
kwarren@usm.maine.edu